After years of waiting for the proper technology, after years of lawsuits and anger from the hard of hearing and visually impaired communities, two major cinema chains have agreed to install closed caption equipment into all of their cinema theaters.
Cinemark and Regal cinema chains made the announcements in separate news releases.
Here are some links to the news. Cinemark has decided upon the Doremi CaptiView system, while Regal hasn't specified the technology. Cinemark had ongoing lawsuits with the Association of Late-Deafened Adults (ALDA), which are going to be dropped, according to the announcements of ALDA.
Regal will also be working with the website development group and Captioned Movies Search Engine site CaptionFish to help promote the services to their customers.
Cinemark and ALDA (Association of Late-Deafened Adults) announce movie theatre accessibility for customers with hearing disabilities Global Alliance on Accessible Technologies and Environments
Cinemark Agrees to Provide Closed-Caption Option - DCInsider
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"Unfortunately, not every theater chain is following the lead of Regal and Cinemark. AMC theaters, America's second-largest chain, continues to take the position that it will equip some but not all of its theaters to show captions. We are currently in the process of addressing that question in our Seattle lawsuit, and would hope for a favorable ruling, a change in AMC's corporate position, or perhaps both."
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